Len Rawle – The Organist Encores

Episode 556 – A bit random

This week Damon has a random selection of tracks.

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Music Played

March Of The Cards	Chris McPhee	Orion Centre, Sydney 3/17 Wurlitzer	Chris McPhee (CMCD002)	1995
Memory Lane/Tea For Two	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Readers Digest (617-ES-1)	1968
Girl Talk	John Seng	St. Mary of the Lake Seminary Mundelein IL 4/23 Howell-Wurlitzer	Hot Pipes (HO3001)	2017
Night Ride	George Wright	Rialto Theatre, South Pasadena, CA 2/14 Wurlitzer	BANDA CD (BA-109759-2)	1997
Just Lovin’ You	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records – EMI Records (SCX 6314)	1969
Nice ‘N’Easy/Too Marvellous For Words	Michael Wooldridge	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer	Merlin Productions	2012
Italian Serenade/Serenade In The Night	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD135)	2011
Sentimental Journey	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-106)	1992
Opus One/It Don’t Mean A Thing (If it Ain’t Got That Swing)	Phil Kelsall	Buttermarket Shrewsbury 3/8 Wurlitzer	Langdale Records (LANCD 89)	1999

Episode 555 – Spotlight: AVRO Calling

This week Damon spotlights the organ originally installed in the AVRO radio studios in Hilversum, Holland.

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Music Played

In the Mill	Pierre Palla	AVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland 4/19 Standaart-Compton	Private Recording (Peter Koppe)	1961
Demonstartion of the ranks	Len Rawle	AVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland 4/19 Standaart-Compton	Private Recording (Jaap Jonker)	1972
For You/Oklahoma selection	Ernest Broadbent	AVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland 4/19 Standaart-Compton	Stemra (HJPB001-1)	1977
Ponciana	Nigel Ogden	AVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland 4/19 Standaart-Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1985
Doll Medley	Goerge Blackmore	AVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland 4/19 Standaart-Compton	Private Recording (Peter Koppe)	1981
Hot Dog	Patrick Hopper	Muziekcentrum van de Omroep, Hilversum, Holland 4/20 Standaart-Compton	Private Recording (Peter Koppe)	2019

Episode 553 – It was acceptable in the 80’s

This week Damon features another show with tracks recorded in the 80’s

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Music Played

Today I Feel So Happy/Button Up Your Overcoat	Dudley Savage	Davenport Theatre, Stockport 3/7 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1987
Donegal Cradle Song	Stanley Wyllie	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1988
Animal Medley: Teddy Bears Picnic/Pink Panther/Hot Dog	Simon Gledhill	Regal Edmonton 4/15 Christie	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1983
Someone To Watch Over Me	Nigel Ogden	EMD/Granada Walthamstow, London 3/12 Christie	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1983
Quickstep Medley: Bye Bye Blackbird/California Here I Come/Nobody Sweetheart/Somebody Stole My Gal/Pack Up Your Troubles	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1988
Foxtrot Medley: Till/The Glory Of Love/I’ve Heard That Song Before	Ernest Broadbent	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1986
Quickstep Medley: Happy Days Are Here Again/Toot Toot Tootsie/Boo Hoo	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1985
The Way We Were	Len Rawle	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1983
You Stepped Out Of A Dream	Bryan Rodwell	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1982

Episode 552 – Dragon D’Amore

This week Robert Hope-Jones presents a double sided program celebrating Chinese new year and valentines day

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Music Played

In a Chinese Temple Garden	Reginald Foort	New Gallery Cinema, London 2/8 Wurlitzer	Regent
China Town, My China Town/Chinese Laundry Blues	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 1003)	1976
Puff the Magic Dragon	Dave Wickerham	Embassy Theatre, Ft. Wayne 4/16 Page	ATOS 2014	2014
I’d like to get you on a slow boat to China	George Wright	Paramount Theatre, New York 4/36 Wurlitzer	Private
Love Walked In	Chris Gorsuch	Granada Theatre Kansas 3/21 Barton
Days of Wine and Roses	Dan Bellamy	Paramount Brooklyn NY 4/26 Wurlitzer	Cambria Master Recordings (CD-1108)	1997
But Beautiful	Simon Gledhill	Alabama Theatre, Birmingham AL 4/29 Wurlitzer	Alabama Chapter ATOS (ALA-1783-09)	2009
Chanson d’Amour/The Old Fashioned Way/Can’t Smile Without You	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD43)	1991
Strike Me Pink	Jim Rigs	Alabama Theatre, Birmingham AL 4/29 Wurlitzer	Alabama Chapter ATOS (ALA-1783-09)	2009

Episode 551 – Kew the Music

This week Damon spotlights the Wurlitzer installed in the Musical Museum Brentford.

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Music Played

Torch Song Parade Of 1937 Part 1: I’ve Gotta Sing A Torch Song/Swing In The Air/You’re Here, You’re There, You’re Everywhere/Wake Up And Live/This Years Kisses	Sidney Torch	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE 1005)	1937
a) Sig Tune: D’ye Ken John Peel? b) The Tuneful 20s Selection c) Vlase Mignon	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive
La Mer	Len Rawle	Piano Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2018D)
Wave	David Lowe	Piano Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1982
High Heels	David Shepherd	Piano Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (GRS 1119)	1983
Nancy (With The Laughing Face)	Damon Cox	Musical Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2023
Wurlitzer Fanfare	Donald MacKenzie	Musical Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Musiqua (MMRCD0109)	2009

Episode 541 – British in America

This week John Leeming focuses on British organists on American organs

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Music Played

Singing in the Bathtub	Richard Hills	Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA 4/42 Möller	ATOS CD	2004
Lover	Reginald Foort	Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI 4/36 Wurlitzer	Cook Records (10579-sd)	c1960
Goody Goody	David Gray	El Capitan Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 4/36 Wurlitzer	ATOS CD	2018
I’m in the Mood for Love	Simon Gledhill	John Dickinson High School, Wimington, DE 3/66 Kimball	Kimball Theatre Organ Society (KTOS339)	2000
Tiger Rag	Phil Kelsall	Mission Playhouse, San Gabriel, CA 3/17 Wurlitzer	ATOS CD	2018
She’s Funny That Way	David Lowe	Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne, IN 4/16 Page	Private recording (John Leeming)	1985
San Francisco / I Left My Heart in San Francisco	George Blackmore	Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, CA 4/21 Robert Morton	Doric Records (DO (Q) 1501)	1975
There’s No Business Like Show Business	Len Rawle	Gaumont Theatre, Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF244)	1973

Episode 540 – Tribute: Len Rawle

Today Damon pays tribute to Len Rawle MBE, who sadly passed away last week.

This extended show is split over two parts

Part 1

Part 2

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Music Played

Part 1

Star!	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records – EMI Records (SCX 6314)	1969
I Love Paris	Len Rawle	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 245)	1973
Ma, He’s Making Eyes At Me/Ma, I Miss Your Apple Pie/Sweet Georgia Brown/Varsity Drag/Goody, Goody/S’ Wonderful	Len Rawle	Wurlitzer Hall, Leisure Centre, Woking 3/8 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2015)	1995
September In the Rain	Len Rawle	Yamaha FX 20	A Take 2 Sound & Video Production
Blaze Away	Len Rawle	Cap’ns Galley, Redwood City CA 4/18 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 1003)	1978
Love For Sale	Len Rawle	Town Hall Watford 3/16 Compton	Private Recording (NO Collection)	1994
Lady In Red	Len Rawle	Concerthall and Auditorium, Middelburg 3/11 Compton	NOFSound	2006
The Laughing Samba	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0082)
Nice N Easy	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (NO Collection)	1982
It’s Alright With Me	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 1000)	1972

Part 2

Happy Days Are Here Again	Len Rawle	Barry Earl Residence, Leighton Buzzard 3/15 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2017
Fools Rush In	Len Rawle	Barry Earl Residence, Leighton Buzzard 3/15 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2017
Blue Moon	Len Rawle	Marine Arcade, Douglas, Isle Of Man 2/10 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2019
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore/I’m Beginning To See The Light	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2014
The Way We Were	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2014
Jazz Pizzicato	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2014
Thats Life	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2014
Music	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2014

Episode 536 – Random Tapes

This week John Leeming has picked some tracks from random tapes

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Music Played

Goofy Dame	Stanley Tudor	BBC Theatre Organ No.2 5/27 Möller	Private recording (BBC/Terry Bond/COS archive)	c1954
Puszta	Reginald Foort	BBC Theatre Organ No.1 4/25 Compton	NTOT Records (NCM 212)	1996
Transatlantic Lullaby/I’m in Love for the Very First Time	Joseph Seal	ABC Theatre, Kingston-on-Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	Private recording (BBC/Geoff Day/COS Archive)	c1967
Home at Sundown	The Organ, the Dance Band and Me (Robinson Cleaver)	EMI Studio No.1 3/8 Compton	NTOT Records (NCM 213)	1997
In the Still of the Night	Len Rawle	Granada Theatre, Slough 3/8 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2003)	1988
Sleigh Ride	George Blackmore	Granada Theatre, Walthamstow 3/12 Christie	Private recording (Geoff Day)	1988
I Want to Be Happy/Somebody Loves Me/I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise/A Kiss in the Dark/Mississippi Mud	Simon Gledhill	State Theatre, Grays 3/6 Compton	Private Recording (Allan Newman/COS Archive)	1988
Autumn Leaves	Vic Hammett	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4c/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording (Geoff Day/COS Archive)

Episode 529 – Big Theatre Wurlitzer

This week Damon features that big in theatre Wurlitzer sound.

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Music Played

Tiger Rag	Noel Briggs	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (T Herd Collection)	1973
I Could Write A Book	Len Rawle	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 245)	1973
Calcutta/Try A Little Tenderness	George Blackmore	Empire Leicester Square 4/20 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N Ogden Collection)	1961
Dancing In The Dark	Jim Roseveare	Paramount Oakland CA 4/27 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (Dick Clay)	1983
’42nd Street’ Medley	Lyn Larsen	Shea’s Buffalo Theatre, Buffalo, New York 4/28 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts (MCI-110)	1993
I’ll Never Smile Again	George Wright	Chicago Theatre, Chicago IL 4/29 Wurlitzer	BANDA CD (42192F)	1992
Have You Met Miss Jones/My Romance/The Lady is a Tramp	Declan Poole	Troxy Stepney London 4/25 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recrding	2023

Episode 521 – It was acceptable in the 80’s

This week Damon features tracks recorded in the 80’s

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Music Played

South Rampart Street Parade	Nicholas Martin	Turners Musical Merry-Go-Round 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1986
In The Still Of The Night	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1988
Moonlight In Vermont	Alec Leader	The Plough, Great Munden 3/11 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1988
Night Owl	Ernest Broadbent	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/11 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1983
Sweet Marijuana	Jeff Barker	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1980
Now You Know	Dudley Savage	Mere Farm, Haughley, Stowmarket 3/6 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1986
Brush Off	David Shepherd	Dolby House, Holbeach 3c/6 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1987
Little Brazilian Soldier	David Lowe	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1989
Nightingale	Robin Richmond	Collège Claparède, Genèva 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1986
The Sweetest Sounds	Bryan Rodwell	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1983